Edgar Filing: ESSA Bancorp, Inc.

ESSA BANCORP, INC.

DATE: February 28, 2014

/s/ Gary S. Olson

Gary S. Olson, President and
Chief Executive Officer

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 27, 2014

ESSA Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Pennsylvania	001-33384	20-8023072
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


200 Palmer Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania		18360
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(570) 421-0531

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01

Other Events

On February 27, 2014, ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that the Company would make a payment of a cash dividend of $0.07 per share of common stock. This dividend shall be paid to stockholders of record as of March 16, 2014, payable on March 30, 2014.

The “Company also announced a sixth stock repurchase program pursuant to which the Company intends to repurchase up to 5% of the Company’s publicly held outstanding shares of common stock. The Company completed its previously disclosed fifth stock repurchase program.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired. Not applicable.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information. Not applicable.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press release issued by the Company on February 27, 2014 announcing the issuance of a cash dividend and a stock repurchase program.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.